Summary

This historical data collection was derived from interviews
conducted in 1874 by the Massachusetts Department of Labor Statistics
with workers in Massachusetts. The purpose was to analyze the budgets
which various working families were using at the time. In addition to
the occupation of the head of household, the data include the ethnicity
of the household, the income(s) of the wage-earner(s), details about
the family structure and household furnishings, budgeted items for
various expenditures, health of the family, and foods eaten. Each
record represents a household.

Citation

Modell, John. Family Budget Study: Massachusetts, 1874. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1992-02-16. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09032.v1